Making Some Changes

Over the last month or so we have finally decided to start making some changes to the front yard and the exterior of the house. It has almost been 4 years since we moved in and it is definitely overdue. I know I have a picture of the front of the house from a few years ago but it is on a disc somewhere. For now you can just see the work in progress. We still have a new front door coming and we will probably paint it the same green that we did around the windows or maybe we will just leave it white. It depends on how lazy I am when that day comes. :) I just barely did all of the mulch so I still need to do a lot of planting but it is coming along nicely. It is amazing the difference that it makes to have all of those ugly bushes and ivy gone from the front yard. I especially like the curbing that we put in and I think the green looks well. I think that the next thing to change is the old and ugly rain gutter that runs the length of the house but have yet to start that project. We'll see.

Mother's Day Moochers

For Mother's Day we got Shelly a fruit bouquet form Edible Arrangements. This used to have pineapple, cantaloupe, and chocolate-dipped strawberries. Adam stole almost all of the chocolate-dipped strawberries and the girls stole most of the regular ones. They definitely loved sitting on the counter and eating fruit for 30 minutes. This ended up being their dinner because they ate too much to even have a couple bites of food later.

Hawaii Outfits

I am finally getting around to posting some more pictures. These ones are from a couple of weeks ago right before we left for church.

Ode to Joy

Adam wanted to start playing the piano a few months ago so we asked a friend and neighbor who taught lessons and she happened to have one slot open. This is his very first recital. He memorized Ode to Joy the first week and always rushed through it and played it really fast. His teacher told him to try and slow down the middle part and as you watch you can see how hard he is trying to not go fast and be deliberate and slow - almost to the point of too slow. He is so cute playing this.

Another Bun in the Oven

We found out a couple of weeks ago but am finally getting around to posting it - Shelly is expecting again. Adam and I are hoping for a boy to try and and even things out for us but we are still a couple of months away from finding that out. Shelly had to stop most of her medications that she was taking to keep her rheumatoid arthritis under control and is feeling mostly joint pain from the arthritis and not morning sickness. I think she would rather have the morning sickness though. We are definitely very excited to be adding to our family. It looks like Shelly will be due somewhere around December 17.